X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mailnull set sender to djgpp-workers-bounces using -f From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann) Message-Id: <10112231807.AA18583@clio.rice.edu> Subject: v2.03 refresh issue - passing 3K argument list [was Re: A new bug?] To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii) Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:07:47 -0600 (CST) Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com In-Reply-To: <3C25BE85.17FE24BC@is.elta.co.il> from "Eli Zaretskii" at Dec 23, 2001 01:22:45 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk In summary - I can reproduce the problem of the original poster, but I cannot reproduce it "working" with files before the refresh (I see the exact same problem with pre-refresh files) unless one of the pre-refresh files is a bash 2.05 instead of bash 2.04. In a causual inspection I don't understand why it doesn't work with bash 2.04 or what would be needed to fix it. > > I was able to reproduce this. The makefile passes this symbol via a > > command line run by bash. It seems like a sizing change - bash 2.04 > > fails with the original sizes but bash 2.05 is successful. It appears > > that if the data being passed in the symbol is more than around 2000 > > characters it fails with the bash 2.04 provided in the refresh. > > Sorry, I'm lost here (and had similar problems with the original > report posted on c.o.m.d., that's why I didn't respond). What > ``symbol'' are we talking about here? The symbol is MASK - which just contains the contents `cat dtlist.aa` The file dtlist.aa is around 3K in size and is the output of ls -1 (a set of names). That set of names is then passed inside the makefile to another procedure - but I've come up with a simpler example (2 files) which can show the problem. > And what makefile is involved here--can I see it? It's in the GPC test distribution. The original message on c.o.m.d gives the location. Below I've includeded the content of the message I sent to the OP yesterday after some testing. I am convinced he was using a different version of bash (probably a 2.05 version) on the testing before the refresh. > Also, the original report wasn't talking about 2000 characters, but > about a much smaller limit, 128 characters, and I'm not sure how these > two are related (see below). Actually the split is 128 lines vs 250 lines, each file is around 12 characters or so - so 128 lines ends up (with cr-lf terminators) around 1800 chars instead of 3000 chars. > > I suspect this test file was created using bash 2.05 as the implementation > > environment? > > > > > -ls -1 *.pas | split -l 250 - dtlist. > > > +ls -1 *.pas | split -l 128 - dtlist. > > > for %%f in (dtlist.*) do make MASK="`cat %%f`" pascal.check-long >> make.out Subject: Re: [Fwd: ANNOUNCE: DJGPP V2.03 Refresh Beta] To: Maurice DOT Lombardi AT ujf-grenoble DOT fr (Maurice Lombardi) Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 16:46:03 -0600 (CST) > I use it regularly with the stock bash-2.04 available on simtelnet, > when recompiling gpc snapshots. No problem until refresh. I put sh & bash.exe 2.04 (578,048 bytes, date 06/30/2001) from Simtel in a a directory. I added make.exe (203,776 bytes, date 07/14/2000) from Simtel. I added cat.exe (71,168 bytes, date 02/03/2000). I also added djecho (to display the file). I ran tests with the test file to be "cat"ed being 2145 bytes and 3250 bytes. The short one succeeded, the long one failed. I tried the test on Windows 98, NT, and 2000 - all same behavior. The test shows identical behavior with the refreshed bash and the bash I got from Simtel (both fail with the bigger file). bash 2.05 does work without problems when I tested it. Please check the date and size of the bash which works for you. I was able to make a small test with the files: test.bat: make MASK="`./cat test.fil`" makefile: SHELL = /bin/sh all: test.fil ./djecho "$(MASK)"